RFC 939 (rfc939) - Page 2 of 20
Executive summary of the NRC report on transport protocols for Department of Defense data networks
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RFC 939 February 1985
Executive Summary of the NRC Report Transport on Protocols
OVERVIEW
The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the
Governing Board on the National Research Council, whose members are
drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the
National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The
members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for
their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.
This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors,
according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee
consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the
National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
The National Research Council was established by the National Academy
of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and
technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and of
advising the federal government. The Council operates in accordance
with general policies determined by the Academy under the authority
of its congressional charter of 1863, which establishes the Academy
as a private, nonprofit, self-governing membership corporation. The
Council has become the principal operating agency of both the
National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering
in the conduct of their services to the government, the public, and
the scientific and engineering communities. It is administered
jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. The
National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine were
established in 1964 and 1970, respectively, under the charter of the
National Academy of Sciences.
This is a report of work supported by Contract No. DCA-83-C-0051
between the U.S. Defense Communications Agency and the National
Academy of Sciences, underwritten jointly by the Department of
Defense and the National Bureau of Standards.
Copies of the full report are available from:
Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications Commission
on Engineering and Technical Systems
National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20418
National Research Council